The Association of American Medical Colleges reports that "more than 95 of the nation's 125 medical schools require some kind of complementary and alternative medicine courseware." ... "Doctors at Penn (University of Pennsylvania's medical school) are working with Tai Sophia Institute, an alternative medicine school in Maryland, on a program to teach medical school students about herbal therapies, meditation and other approaches that are increasingly popular with the public but largely exist outside the realm of mainstream medicine."

It is noted that "cardiologists at Penn's Presbyterian Medical Center are working with Tai Sophia to integrate alternative therapies into traditional care for heart patients. The idea is to teach the cardiology staff how to develop personalized therapy plans - including everything from meditation and massage to reflexology ad aromatherapy - to decrease patient stress, pain and anxiety." Dr. Alfred Fishman of Penn's medical school noted the research possibilities. "'In the days before we could image the brain it was very hard to know about how these things worked, why placebos work in some people. We can image the brain now and see why they feel better. Nothing is off limits."

Red.anm: Orginal tittel for artikkelen er "Reflexology and complementary therapies in medical schools".

Reffers:
(Loviglio, "Schools Opening Up to Alternative Medicine," April 23, 2005, Associated Press)
(Penn Program:http://www.med.upenn.edu/progdev/compmed
Tai Sophia Insitute:www.tai.edu)